---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 233.35"
title: "40"
number: "233.35"
heading: "Issuance and effective date of permit."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/233.35"
---

# §233.35. Issuance and effective date of permit.

- (a) If the Regional Administrator comments on a permit application or draft general permit under [§ 233.50](/cfr/40/233.50.md), the Director shall follow the procedures specified in that section in issuing the permit.
- (b) If the Regional Administrator does not comment on a permit application or draft general permit, the Director shall make a final permit decision after the close of the public comment period and shall notify the applicant.
  - (1) If the decision is to issue a permit, the permit becomes effective when it is signed by the Director and the applicant.
  - (2) If the decision is to deny the permit, the Director will notify the applicant in writing of the reason(s) for denial.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 20776, June 1, 1988, unless otherwise noted.